Introducing Consciousness, Papineau David, Selina Howard

Introducing Consciousness provides a comprehensive guide to the current state of consciousness studies. It starts with the history of the philosophical relation between mind and matter, and proceeds to scientific attempts to explain consciousness in terms of neural mechanisms, cerebral computation and quantum mechanics. Along the way, readers will be introduced to zombies and Chinese Rooms, ghosts in machines and Erwin Schrodinger’s cat.

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Introducing Consciousness provides a comprehensive guide to the current state of consciousness studies. It starts with the history of the philosophical relation between mind and matter, and proceeds to scientific attempts to explain consciousness in terms of neural mechanisms, cerebral computation and quantum mechanics. Along the way, readers will be introduced to zombies and Chinese Rooms, ghosts in machines and Erwin Schrodinger’s cat.

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Autorzy

Papineau David, Selina Howard

Tytuł

Introducing Consciousness

Wydawca

Icon Books

ISBN

978-1-84831-171-8

EAN

9781848311718

Tematyka

Literatura obcojęzyczna